The Wands interview with Christian Skibdal
© Jonas Bang Ever wondered what a stripped down, less insane version of The Brian Jonestown Massacre might sound like? I’m pretty sure The Wands are a good...
Big Brother & the Holding Company “Live at Carousel Ballroom” (1968) review
Big Brother & the Holding Company "Live at Carousel Ballroom" (Music On Vinyl, 1968/2013) The first thing that struck me about this live recording was that I thought...
Various Artists – Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (2013) review
Various Artists “Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983” (CD/2xLP on Analog Africa, 2013) As the title indicates, this marks a return to the West African nation...
Arborea interview
The fifth album of Maine duo arrived as a fresh air to the modern folk rock scene. Album connects artist's views of life with melancholic sound. Buck and...
High Speed & the Afflicted Man interview with Steve Hall
In 1982, the mysterious Steve Hall, a self- proclaimed hippie- punk who had previously released a couple of D.I.Y basement- punk albums with his band Afflicted Man, recorded...
Mater Dronic – Mundo Espectro (2013) review
Mater Dronic “Mundo Espectro” (Discos Juana, 2013) Exquisitely packaged, limited edition (200) double-vinyl reissue of the debut psych monster from these Spanish phenoms, boasting the incredible mind-melting...
Shooting Guns interview with Christopher Laramee, Jim Ginther and Steve Reed
It seems that every time I hear mention of Shooting Guns in any sort of article, the author seems to be arguing with themselves the entire time, utterly...
Jacco Gardner – Cabinet Of Curiosities (2013) review
Jacco Gardner "Cabinet Of Curiosities" (Trouble In Mind, 2013) When ‘Clear The Air’ was first released on seven inch single by Spain’s Action Weekend label a year or...
Donovan – Barabajagal (1969) review
Donovan "Barabajagal" (Music On Vinyl, 1969/2013) After a huge success with 1968 album “The Hurdy Gurdy Man” and tour across the USA, Donovan found a lot of inspiration to...
Lula Côrtes, Zé Ramalho, and an interview with Montibus Communitas
The tongues of the divine converse through music. It is a creative power that trumps all others and paints our waking existence in sonic color, made reality. Just...